Relakks

So now, THE MAN won't trace me quite so easily. I've signed up for Relakks, an encrypted broadband proxy in Sweden, a country with nice privacy laws. In addition to keeping my own government from watching me, (which it most likely doesn't) I also won't have to worry about getting sued by any big nasty artificial monopolies here in the states.

Hooray for importing additional freedoms! To the right is my new "location", next to beautiful Stora vänsjön.

For anyone else who uses Kubuntu, here are the directions I used to easily set it up.

Charity

So, I don't normally give to charity, what with being selfish and liking video games, but this week I've managed to get involved in three:

• My old friend Sergei Golos is doing a bike tour in NY to fight multiple sclerosis,
• My frat brother James Roumeliotis is attempting a world record in pogo jumping to fight scleroderma, and
  
• Magen and I are doing the American Heart Association Heart Walk in Hartford. Get it? HARTford! lolz!
  

I don't mean to pressure anyone into contributing to one or all of them lest karma inflict you with a similar ailment, but they're all worth checking out if you're going to be in any of the areas at the time. Especially the pogo record, as they're going to have bands and everything.